Every time the anniversary of the Queen becoming the Queen hits a big round number, everyone in her realm stops to celebrate the truly undercelebrated woman.
One serialized novel changed everything and gave us the hip, hawt undead bloodsuckers we know and love today. That penny blood was Varney the Vampire (1845-1847), and without it the modern vampire would look a lot different.
It makes sense to fear apes: they’re humanity’s wildly unpredictable cousins. Ape violence makes us wonder what horrible instincts are lurking deep within our own natures, but it turns out reality is even more horrifying (and hornier) than fiction.
